Cropp River
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The Cropp River is a river of New Zealand
. It flows east for nine kilometres before joining the Whitcombe River
, a tributary of the Hokitika River
.
1049 mm of rain fell over the Cropp River on 12-13 December 1995, a record rainfall for a 48 hour period for New Zealand.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It flows east for nine kilometres before joining the Whitcombe River
Whitcombe River
The Whitcombe River is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows north to reach the Hokitika River 30 kilometres south of Hokitika.-References:...
, a tributary of the Hokitika River
Hokitika River
The Hokitika River is in the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about long, beginning in the Southern Alps and flowing into the Tasman Sea next to the town of Hokitika. The Hokitika River, and its eastern tributary, the Kokatahi River, have formed the Kowhitirangi-Kokatahi...
.
1049 mm of rain fell over the Cropp River on 12-13 December 1995, a record rainfall for a 48 hour period for New Zealand.